I'm still hanging in there. I have (not including today) 4 more days on Phase I. It hasn't been too bad and am now kicking myself for not getting back on board sooner. I am such a procrastinator!


Way to go Schatzi on the lost poundage!!

xJenn, I know what you mean about adding the breads/fruits back in. I have to be very very careful since that seemed to be my downfall last time. I might use your suggestion and go everyother day.

Good to see there are some of us still around, lol

Schatzi - WTG on the 8 lbs so far , I've got a bad problem with the nuts, for the first few days of Phase I, I ate 2 TBS of Peanut Butter at lunch everyday, stopped that after a few days and the weight loss really sped up.

Nilla - Last time that I was on SBD, when I started Phase II, I had the same problem....after I started adding back in some fruit and whole grain bread I got sloppy with it and started adding in too much because I love fruit and I love whole grain-wheat breads....gonna have to be careful this time-after we start Phase II let me know how you're doing with the fruits/breads thing

Hey guys!! How is it going?

I am happy to report that for the end of Ph 1 I am now down 1.5 lbs. Not much I know, but remember I was really worried about putting on some weight when I got back to eating real food. So, I am glad. I have also lost (total) 4 inches around my hips, 3 at my waist and 4 around my bust and that just blows me away!!

This weekend was pretty off prog for me, but I made the decision to do it and feel fine about it. We went to a wedding where they had a chocolate fountain and I definitely did partake! Not over the top, but I didn't reall limit myself either. However, I was very careful with all of the other food I ate that day and I did dance a lot with hubby! I also drank lots of water (oh yeah, there were those two Kahluha and creams--definitely NOT SBD friendly) Still, we had a great time and I feel no guilt at all.

I did notice that yesterday I felt much more tired than I have for quite some time. Interesting to say the least!!

I did add in a piece of whole grain bread last Thursday and Friday and had no added cravings and most days I have not had the pistachios. I did have them two different days when I just really wanted something snacky and was a bit tired of celery.

I am a little nervous about this ph 2 thing and am really goign to work on journalling. It didn't seem so important on Ph 1 when my choices were so limited, but I know I need to get to it now so I can keep track of what I have had and the results.

How is everything going for the rest of you? Did you survive Ph 1??

Today is my first day of Phase II. According to the scale this morning I have lost 5 pounds since starting. I was hoping for a little more but I am going to try and not let it discourage me. I still don't know what I am going to reintroduce today...I haven't really planned for it so I better think of something fast.

I am holding steady on my exercise so that is another positive.

I know this has probably already been addressed in the forums but I will go ahead and ask it here for now. What constitutes a cheat or slip up bad enought to go back to Phase I. Is it if you start experiencing cravings? That just seems kind of ambigous to me, I could rationalize that I have cravings all the time if I really thought about it. Any thoughts?

Nilla,
I thought the idea was that if you went off enough that you gained back some weight that you were to return to Ph 1 just until you lost the weight you had gained.

I may be wrong, but that is how I understood it.